The third section of the new 109km Morava Motorway in Serbia has opened to traffic, following the early opening of the first two sections in spring this year.
This means that the first 28km of the dual carriageway are now operational, with the full motorway expected to be running in 2025.…
Contractor Graham has been appointed by East Renfrewshire Council to upgrade the Aurs Road and create a new active travel route along Balgray Reservoir in Glasgow.
The project, which is estimated at £22.7M, is due to begin next month and will see the route between Barrhead and Newton Mearns amended to…
National Highways has awarded the £1.34bn Tunnels and Approaches contract for its Lower Thames Crossing (LTC) scheme to a joint venture of Bouygues Travaux Publics and J Murphy & Sons (BMJV).
BMJV was selected ahead of the other shortlisted contractors BFV JV (Bam, Ferrovial, Vinci) and DHJV (Dragados, Hochtief). At the…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has reiterated its commitment to funding several transport interventions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in its long-awaited response to Sir Peter Hendy’s Union Connectivity Review.
The Network Rail chair published his report into how to boost transport links between the UK's four nations in November…
Three firms have been picked by National Highways to incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) into trials of how to mitigate the disruption caused by roadworks.
The firms are set to work with Tier One contractors Balfour Beatty, Costain and Kier to implement the new technologies. Projects by Alchera Technologies, Robok and Wordnerds…
North Yorkshire Council has started the hunt for suppliers to join its £300M highways surfacing and planing framework.
The carriageway planing and surfacing framework 2024 aims to deliver a range of work packages on the highways, including but not limited to recycling, patching, overlays, reconstruction and resurfacing on behalf of North…
The £8.5M government backed Centre of Excellence for Decarbonising Roads has called for innovators to come forward with low-carbon materials and designs for local roads.
The Centre For Excellence has been born out of the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport’s (Adept’s) Live Labs 2 initiative, which is…
Plans are in place for a £360M investment for improvements and major projects on Lincolnshire’s highways, while Balfour Beatty has signed a new £330M highways maintenance contract with the county council.
In addition to the standard maintenance and repairs carried out by Lincolnshire County Council each year, a total of £360M…
National Highways has reported that its A595 improvements is moving into its final phase, but the project's budget has increased from £16M to £21.4M.
The second phase of the road improvement scheme began in May and included a new merge lane on the southbound exit of Howgate roundabout and full carriageway…
The City of Wolverhampton Council has put out a call to contractors to bid for a place on a £20M framework for highways structure repairs across the West Midlands.
In partnership with the West Midlands Collaborative, Wolverhampton’s tender will cover structure repairs on highways for Coventry City Council and the Metropolitan…
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